Two years ago, Ali and I sat on the sofa and watched as Boris Johnson advised us to stay home, social distance, mask up and save lives. We listened to the news as the numbers crept up – 30 deaths, 50, 200, 1000 – and we clapped on Thursdays and we made banana bread and […]
This is my experience of the first few weeks postpartum, some of the scariest days of my life. I don’t know why my body responded like this, and I might not ever know, but I have worked through it and healed – so I wanted to share my story.
I love Januaries. I love Januaries along with Mondays, mornings, the start of a slow Sunday, and other fresh beginnings. I don’t like New Year’s Eve and that celebration, but when I’m in January, I always enjoy it. The unknown looming ahead gives me a pit in my stomach, but the slowness, delicateness, openness of January is always pleasant.
Here’s my not-so-positive, not-totally-negative birth story. It involves an induction at 37 weeks, gestational diabetes and labouring on my own due to covid restrictions.
Here are all my thoughts from the last 10 weeks: pain, mental health, pregnancy during a pandemic, body changes, bonding with the baby and more. Warning: it’s a total cringe-fest.
Charles Dickens meets lesbian love affair in Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Two orphans with an interconnected fate find their way into each other’s lives, which ensues a tale of betrayal, love, violence, lies, and scheming. If you’re into the Victorian era but hate seeing a lack of representation in these classics – then this is […]
In December, I found out I was pregnant. It was the biggest shock of my life (still a little shocked tbh) but here’s all the ways I’ve processed it, and all the things I’ve enjoyed so far about it.